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Idalou Methodist Church
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Exploring Faith in Small-Town Living. A resource from Idalou Methodist Church
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Spirit-Filled Marriages
Christian marriage flourishes when husbands and wives are filled with the Holy Spirit and reflect Christ’s love for the church. In this sermon from Ephesians 5:18–33, Pastor Brian explores submission, sacrificial love, and the gospel hope at the center of marriage.
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Imitate God
Pastor Brian continues our series through Ephesians unpacking Ephesians 5:1-17.
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What Difference Does It Make?
We continue our series through Ephesians as Garrett Irwin unpacks Ephesians 4:17-32.
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A Healthy Church
Pastor Brian continues our series through Ephesians, unpacking Ephesians 4:1-16
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Praying for Power
In this sermon on Ephesians 3:14–21, Pastor Brian explores Paul’s prayer for believers to be strengthened with God’s power, grounded in Christ’s love, and filled with the fullness of God. This message calls us to pray with humility, depend on the Spirit’s strength, and trust that God is able to…
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Proclaimer of the Gospel
Pastor Brian continues our series through the book of Ephesians. In Ephesians 3:1–13, Paul reveals God’s marvelous plan to unite Jews and Gentiles in Christ and shows what a Christ-centered missionary looks like. This sermon explores suffering, grace, gospel proclamation, the church, and prayer,...
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Our Identity
Pastor Brian continues our series through the book of Ephesians, unpacking Ephesians 2 and Paul's exhortation on our new corporate identity in Christ. We are not saved to be individuals pursuing the Kingdom of God alone, but in community.
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But God
In this sermon on Ephesians 2:1–10, we are reminded of the staggering difference grace makes in the life of a sinner. Paul’s words confront us with the truth that apart from Christ we were spiritually dead, but God, rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ. This message explores the depth of our...
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In Christ: The Reason For Our Worship
In Ephesians 1:1–14, Paul opens with a hymn of praise to the triune God. In this sermon, Pastor Brian explores the Father’s loving purpose, the Son’s redemptive work, and the Spirit’s assurance of our inheritance in Christ. Along the way, we are reminded that salvation is by grace, received…
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The Ultimate Question
The most important question everyone has to ask is this: did Jesus rise from the grave? Pastor Brian unpacks the resurrection and the response in light of the resurrection of Jesus.
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Behold the King: Palm Sunday 2026
In this message, Pastor Brian preaches from Matthew 21:1-11, inviting us to yield our hearts to Christ's lordship, walk in obedience, and follow Him faithfully every day.
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Out of the Depths
Psalm 130 takes us on a journey from the depths of sin and despair to the heights of hope and redemption. In this sermon, we walk through the psalm’s movement of cry, confidence, craving, and call, discovering what it means to honestly bring our sin before God and find mercy in Him.
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The Holy Habit of Surrender
In this sermon, Pastor Brian wraps up our Holy Habits series where we are exploring spiritual disciplines that shape our lives around the presence of God. One of the most foundational habits in the Christian life is the habit of surrender.
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The Holy Habit of Discernment
In Part 2 of looking at the Holy Habit of discernment, we move from learning to recognize God’s activity in our lives to learning how to recognize what is not from Him. Scripture calls believers to “test the spirits” because not every voice that sounds spiritual speaks the truth of God.
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The Holy Habit of Generosity
In this message, Pastor Brian explores stewardship as a holy habit that shapes our hearts and aligns our lives with the Kingdom of God. Looking at Matthew 6:19–34 and other key passages, we see that giving is not primarily about money—it is about trust, worship, and formation.
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Faith in Action: Works of Mercy
Serving is often reduced to volunteering or filling a need, but in the Christian life, serving is much more than that. In this message from the Holy Habits series, we explore how works of mercy are a means of grace — practices through which we experience God’s presence and are formed more deeply...
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Prayer Formed by the Father’s Goodness
Prayer is not a formula to master or a way to get God’s attention. In this message from our Holy Habits series, we explore Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:7–11 and what it means to live a life marked by asking, seeking, and knocking.
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The Invitation
What does your soul truly long for? In the opening message of the Holy Habits series, we begin not with techniques or spiritual checklists, but with desire. Drawing from Mark 10:46–52 and the story of blind Bartimaeus, this sermon invites us to listen to the deep longings of our hearts and to…
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Give Thought to Your Ways In 2026
Guest preacher Pastor Scott Latham gives a word for us for the new year.
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Jesus Changes Everything
In this message, Pastor Brian explore's how Jesus redefines history, offers a fresh start to sinners, and reveals the nearness of God to His people. Walking through Matthew chapters 1 and 2, we see how all of Scripture points to Christ as the promised Messiah, the true King from the line of…
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No Greater Love Than This
What is love? Our culture offers many answers, but the Christmas story gives us the truest one. In this Advent sermon, we turn to Luke 2:8–20 and the story of the shepherds to see how God defines love through the birth of Jesus Christ.
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A People Marked By Joy
Joy is more than a feeling tied to circumstances. In this Advent message from Luke 1:39–56, Pastor Brian explores how joy flows from God’s faithfulness, draws us into community, speaks prophetically to what God is doing, and anchors us in the larger story of redemption.
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The Peace God Gives: When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned
In this Advent sermon, we explore the story of Joseph in Matthew 1 and discover how God brings peace right into the middle of our uncertainty. Peace is not the absence of chaos—it is the presence of God and the strength of His promises. Through Scripture, we see how God speaks into our fear,...
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Walk By Faith
One of our own, Garrett Irwin, brings word for us out of 2 Corinthians 5:6-10
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Worship. Love. Witness
This week, Pastor Brian preached on the mission that shapes everything we do at Idalou Methodist Church: to make disciples of Jesus who worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly.
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Who Is the Holy Spirit and What Does the Spirit Do?
In this week’s message from our series This I Believe, Pastor Brian Gillispie unpacks one of the most profound questions of the Christian faith: Who is the Holy Spirit, and what does the Holy Spirit do?
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The Salvation Reality: Pardoned, Adopted, and Made New
What are the real benefits of salvation—and how do we live them out every day? In this message, Pastor Brian explores the transforming work of salvation.
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What Is Required for Salvation?
This message explores what is required for salvation. Jesus calls us to repent and believe in the good news. Salvation means turning away from rebellion and trusting fully in Him. This sermon unpacks what it means to repent, what it means to believe, and how both are central to following Jesus.
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How Jesus Saves Us: Reconciliation and Rescue
What is salvation? In this message from our series This I Believe, we discover how Jesus’s sacrificial death and victorious resurrection bring reconciliation with God and rescue from destruction. Salvation is not something we can earn; it is God’s gift of love through Jesus Christ.
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Why Jesus Came: Love, Redemption, and Our Adoption into God’s Family
Why did the Son of God become human? In this sermon from our This I Believe series, Pastor Brian explores Galatians 4:4–5 and unpacks the heart of the incarnation. Jesus became human because God loves us and desires to make us His true children. Discover how God’s love, our adoption into His...
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Who Is Jesus Christ? | Fully God, Fully Human
Who is Jesus Christ? The answer is the foundation of the Christian faith: He is the eternally begotten Son of God and the Son of Mary. Fully divine. Fully human. In this sermon from our This I Believe series, we look at John 1:14 and explore how the Word became flesh, why the incarnation matters,...
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Why Is There Evil?
Why is there evil in the world? If God is good, why do we see so much suffering, brokenness, and death? In this message from our This I Believe series, Pastor Brian unpacks Romans 5:12 to show how sin entered the world through human disobedience, and why God gave us the gift of free will in the...
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What Did God Make?
In this sermon from our This I Believe series, Pastor Brian unpacks the question: What did God make? The answer is simple, yet profound: God spoke everything into being, by His own free choice, and it was very good. From Hebrews 11:3, we see that God created everything from nothing. Creation is…
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What Is God Like? God’s Power, Knowledge, and Holy Love Explained
What is God like? The Bible tells us that God is perfect in power, perfect in knowledge, and perfect in His holy love. In this sermon from our series This I Believe, Pastor Brian unpacks what it means to trust in the God who is all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly loving. If you’ve ever…
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Who Is God? Understanding the Trinity.
This message launches our 16-week series This I Believe, where we explore the core truths of the Christian faith and what makes us distinctly Methodist as a Global Methodist congregation. In this first sermon, Pastor Brian walks through the question, “Who is God?” by looking at the biblical...
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When Grace Knocks You Down: Saul's Journey on the Road to Damascus
In this sermon, we explore the dramatic conversion of Saul of Tarsus and the power of God’s grace to bring salvation and transformation. Saul was not seeking Jesus, but Jesus was seeking him. On the road to Damascus, grace interrupted Saul’s mission and changed the direction of his life forever....
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Praying for the Grace for Forgiveness
In this sermon titled "Praying for the Grace for Forgiveness," Pastor Scott Latham invites us to reflect deeply on the words of Jesus in the Lord's Prayer—especially the challenging call to forgive as we have been forgiven.
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Living on Mission: The Call of Every Follower of Jesus
Are you living on mission in your everyday life? In this sermon from Acts 8, Pastor Brian unpacks the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch to explore what it truly means to live on mission as a follower of Jesus.
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Take Up Your Cross - Stephen's Story
What does it really mean to take up your cross and follow Jesus? In this powerful sermon from Acts 7:54–60, we explore the story of Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Stephen was a man full of faith, the Holy Spirit, and boldness in proclaiming the gospel—even when it cost him everything. His...
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Called to Serve: How the Early Church Handled Growth and Conflict
In this sermon from Acts 6:1–7, we take an inside look at how the early church handled the blessings and challenges that came with rapid growth. As thousands came to faith, tensions rose—ethnic divisions surfaced, leadership was stretched thin, and real needs were being overlooked. But rather…
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Healing at the Gate: The Church on the Move
In Acts chapter three, Peter and John encounter a man who has been lame since birth—sitting just outside the temple gate, hoping for spare change. But instead of silver or gold, they offer him something far greater: healing in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Becoming a Holy Church for a Broken World
What does a healthy church look like? In this message, The Church Is Born, Pastor Brian explores Acts 2:42–47 and unpacks how the early church devoted themselves to the Means of Grace—Scripture, prayer, fellowship, breaking of bread, generosity, worship, and evangelism. When the early church...
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Pentecost: The Promise of the Holy Spirit
In this Pentecost Sunday message, Pastor Brian walks through the miraculous events of Acts 2, Peter’s Christ-exalting sermon, and the harvest of new believers that followed. This message reminds us that Pentecost isn’t just a past event; It is a present reality. The promised Holy Spirit has come,...
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The Pursuit of Holiness
What does it truly mean to be holy? In this sermon, Pastor Brian explores 1 Peter 1 and unpacks the biblical call to "be holy, as God is holy." Drawing from the rich tradition of Wesleyan theology, we trace the journey of grace—from prevenient grace to entire sanctification.
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Born Again for a New Way of Living
What does it really mean to be born again? In this week's sermon from 1 Peter, Pastor Brian explores how salvation transforms not just our beliefs—but our entire way of living. Peter calls believers to live with unwavering hope, radical holiness, reverent fear, and deep love because we have been...
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Grace Upon Grace: A Living Hope That Endures
In this message, Pastor Brian looks at the opening verses of 1 Peter and consider what it means to be chosen by God and yet rejected by the world. Peter writes to believers facing real suffering—not for doing wrong, but for following Christ. Peter reminds them that their hope is alive, their...
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Restored, Recalled, and Recommissioned
What do you do when you've failed Jesus? When you've gone back to the old habits, the old life, the old nets? In John 21, we find the risen Christ not scolding His disciples, but serving them breakfast—and inviting them once again with two powerful words: "Follow Me." In this sermon, Pastor Brian...
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The Blessing of Belief - Jesus Reveals Himself to the Disciples
Have you ever wrestled with doubt? You’re not alone. In John chapter 20, we meet Thomas—a disciple who struggled to believe until he encountered the risen Jesus. In this week's sermon, Pastor Brian explores how doubt is not a barrier to faith but often an invitation to deeper intimacy with God....
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